Perigree Moon

Was the moon bigger last night? According to Spaceweather.com it is. 14% larger to be exact. The moon is in it's closest orbit of 2007. Its Perigree.

I love my Canon Power Shot (S2IS), but I haven't mastered all the settings. Like taking night pictures. This was the best of fifty.

Join the wolves tonight and go check it out.
Hooooooooowwwwwwwoooooooool.

Comments

the planet of janet said…
even if it took 50 to get to that one, it was worth it. cooooooool shot!
11:45 PM, October 24, 2007
bichonpawz said…
We had a wild looking full moon here tonight too!!
12:35 AM, October 25, 2007
Beccy said…
Our moon (obvioulsy the same as your moon) was stunning on Tuesday evening, we were playing tennis and were commenting on the size of the moon.
1:29 AM, October 25, 2007
DesLily said…
looks like the moon is ready for those witches and goblins!! great shot Pam!!
3:22 AM, October 25, 2007
~grey said…
great shot.
I just ran outside... in the snow to see if I could get a good photo. All I got was cold!

I too haven't mastered my camera. So I just got a blurry blob. LOL

By the way... I am staying here in blogger land. Just changing my name.
5:33 AM, October 25, 2007
Jenni said…
That is a beautiful shot. The great thing about digital is that you can take as many shots as you need to get it just right. Well, at least with non-moving targets:o) I've had trouble taking pictures of the moon, too. I have some pictures where the moon seems to be in motion--a bright streak across a dark sky. I think that happened on the night scene setting, but I can't remember. I'm a horrible fiddler and I just start changing settings and moving the dial until I get what I want, not really paying attention to what I've done. I need to find that danged manual, too.
6:19 AM, October 25, 2007
katy said…
what moon, must have missed it hit the sack very early last night! fantastic photo
6:55 AM, October 25, 2007
Carrie @carrieloves said…
That is a great photo! I'll have to check it out tonight.
7:00 AM, October 25, 2007
Sandy said…
Beautiful! Thanks.
7:13 AM, October 25, 2007
Anonymous said…
Somehow I missed that moon, even though I was out driving the kids around before dawn this morning.

I do think I accidentally showed the kids MY full moon this morning. Definitely not the same.
7:23 AM, October 25, 2007
Coffeypot said…
You should see a full moon at sea. Navy ships are not lit up like liners, and the light put out by the moon is absolutely amazing and beautiful.
7:29 AM, October 25, 2007
Anonymous said…
That is awesome...

I'll have to copy that image...Fa will go bananas...>We love the moon.
8:11 AM, October 25, 2007
Unknown said…
That's lovely! I took photos of the moon two nights ago. :( I guess I should have done it last night. But I'm happy with how some of them turned out. :)
8:22 AM, October 25, 2007
BarnGoddess said…
great moon photo!

moon shots are by far and wide one of the hardest to take, I have found.
8:53 AM, October 25, 2007
Beckie said…
Wow - great picture!
8:54 AM, October 25, 2007
Carole Burant said…
You got a much better shot of it than I did...it really caught my eye last night because it did seem so much bigger. It wasn't my imagination after all! hehe xox
9:02 AM, October 25, 2007
Donetta said…
Thank you for the heads up. I'll take the kids out to see it tonight.
9:37 AM, October 25, 2007
Amanda said…
I took Curly Mop outside last night to look at the moon. It looked so big. We saw an airplane flying by at the same time. She said to me, "Mama, it gonna crash!" She must have thought that the plane was headed for the moon. ha ha
9:50 AM, October 25, 2007
Anonymous said…
Looks like a good moon shot to me.
10:00 AM, October 25, 2007
Susie said…
Wow! Now that's a great moon shot!!
Love the detail!
xo
10:05 AM, October 25, 2007
Anonymous said…
Looks pretty dang great to me!!
11:22 AM, October 25, 2007
Susie Q said…
That is a fantastic shot!! Whoa!

Mine are not post worthy...dangnabit.

Warm hugs,
Sue
12:31 PM, October 25, 2007
Anonymous said…
What a gorgeous shot!

I've never captured anything remotely like it.
1:25 PM, October 25, 2007
Helene said…
thats a great shot. I dont have enough zoom to take a decent shot like that... sadly! I love to try though!

I wonder what the view of the moon is like for the crew on the space shuttle!?!?!? they went up on Tues.
1:34 PM, October 25, 2007
Heidi said…
Wow--I love all your pictures--they are really beautiful--especially the autumn colors. Unfortunately, we don't really have great seasons here . . .
1:53 PM, October 25, 2007
Tiggerlane said…
That is an awesome shot! Now I HAVE to buy me a fancy schmancy camera - everyone has one but me!
2:18 PM, October 25, 2007
Devon said…
Fifty shots? You are one patient photographer! I think I have the same camera and I didn't know it takes night pictures! I'm going to have to hunt up the manual now!
2:53 PM, October 25, 2007
Bibi said…
:-) ... that's why I've been feeling weird!!
7:14 PM, October 25, 2007
... said…
great photo. i drove into my home town from visiting my daughter at college today. the moon was beautiful. i didn't know it was closer or bigger - just beautiful.
7:56 PM, October 25, 2007
Kila said…
I did notice the moon last night, and I showed it to the boys, too. Seemed extra-bright.
8:31 PM, October 25, 2007
Claudia said…
What a great shot!!
6:46 AM, October 26, 2007
Kaytabug said…
That is one AMAZING photo! I am so sad that I couldn't see it here. Too cloudy. :( boo hoo.
Glad I got to see it through your camera!
7:49 AM, October 26, 2007
my4kids said…
Wow thats a great pic of the moon! I didn't notice the size since the sky has been overcast though.
9:56 PM, October 27, 2007
Mary said…
That's gorgeous!

I need to master my camera setting too, I've had it since August but still need to read the manual.
8:47 AM, October 28, 2007
thirdworstpoetinthegalaxy said…
It may be the best of your fifty, but it's also better than any moon shot I've ever taken. Beautiful, as always.
8:36 AM, October 29, 2007
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